SBIFF Executive Director Makes a Powerful Statement to Open the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Durling’s speech is a plea to protect the freedom of the arts at a time when it is under attack.
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Standing Up for Our Neighbors, Our Rights, and Our Constitution
Our community has united to say: enough. Enough of the chaos. Enough of the cruelty. Enough of the policies that make our communities less safe.
What Santa Barbara Can and Should Do About ICE
Cities can and are taking action to adopt proactive policies to safeguard residents, protect civil liberties, and guard against unlawful tactics by ICE.
Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
By the time most of Santa Barbara wakes up, fields in the valley have already been picked. Hotel linens are stripped and washed. This is the shift that keeps the county running — and a lot of it is done by people whose legal status has been in limbo for years.
A Rent Freeze Isn’t Collaboration
Declaring a freeze across thousands of housing units without a plan to help housing providers manage continued rising costs is not thoughtful policy. It is a political gesture that imposes real harm on one group while offering brief relief to another.
New Order
Our democratic norms have sunk to the point of danger for a free society.
Don’t Turn Away
When the gates of Auschwitz opened for us to see hell on Earth.
Comments on Minneapolis and ICE from Santa Barbara Officials
City Police Chief Kelly Gordon, County Sheriff Bill Brown, and 2nd District Supervisor Laura Capps respond.
We The People Are Not Alone
Power expects silence or explosion. What it does not know how to handle is calm solidarity.
Rent Stabilization That Works for Renters and Landlords
There is a rent stabilization approach that could meaningfully help renters without jeopardizing privately owned naturally occurring affordable housing.
